I’d hate to be that insurance agent.
My comment might jinx it but so far no mention of Trump or blame toward him. That is news.
Crappy reporting. What happened to the man besides the fact that he crashed the plane?
AP - Always poor!
Possibly a rapid cycling manic depressive
https://www.verywellmind.com/rapid-cycling-explanation-380488
Whatever happened to the good old days when people just jumped off buildings instead of taking out a $30 million dollar aircraft with them? What a tragic waste of plane.
Its a miracle he didn't cause an incident with any other inbound plane... or others on active taxiways. There's a whole big deal just keeping planes from bumping into each other on those taxiways. That requires coordination from the tower.
“doing stunts in air or lack of flying skills,”
Very poor reporting.
He was really whipping that plane around in the video. Bombardier should use it in advertisements.
“The sheriff’s department said they were working to conduct a background investigation on the Pierce County resident...”
Sounds like maybe the airline should have done that.
Listening to the tower tapes, the guy was obviously off his rocker and suicidal. Sad - a capable mechanic - and able to take off and fly an airplane! And it sounded like he had loved-ones that he knew would be devastated. I’m guessing that even a thorough background check wouldn’t have found anything that this guy would finally snap.
Oh man, what a story. Poor guy, I feel sorry for him. Prayers for his family and loved ones. I hope nobody was hurt on the sparsely populated island.
Twitter pics of the F-15s scrambling out of PDX to intercept this guy.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Sabian404/status/1028137639747051521
Kid’s name was Cooper. Dan Cooper.
so what is the name of this person who did this? Nothing I have found says his name. or a picutre
very expensive joyride.
Q400 US$32.2 million.
Developed from.
de Havilland Canada Dash 7.
The Bombardier Dash 8 or Q Series, previously known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 or DHC-8 is a series of twin-engine, medium-range, turboprop airliners.
the reason I am asking is that most of the ground services employees seem to be Moslims here.
You would think the article would state explicitly whether the rogue pilot was killed or not. I’m assuming he died in the fiery crash.
Eeep....this guy’s flight path took him right over my house. Unfortunately, the timing was just after I take out my hearing aids to shower before bedtime. My wife heard it.